The purpose of this submission is to take advantage of the opportunity provided by the first report (A/HRC/35/36) of the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity (IE SOGI) that was presented to the Human Rights Council on 6 June 2017 at the United Nations in Geneva.
It was submitted on June 2017 by:
-Lukas Berredo (Transrespect Officer – Transgender Europe (TGEU)
-Jack Byrne (Independent human rights researcher – TransAction)
-Zhan Chiam (Gender Identity and Gender Expression Senior Programme Officer – International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association)
-F.J. Genus (Associate Director – Policy and Advocacy – TransWave Jamaica)
-Mauro Cabral Grinspan (Executive Director – Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE)
-Micah Grzywnowicz (International Advocacy Advisor – RFSL, the Swedish Federation for LGBTQ Rights)
-Dodo Karsay (Research and Information Officer- ARC International)
-Ricky Nathanson (Trans Research, Education, Advocacy & Training (TREAT); Southern Africa Trans Forum (SATF)
-Cianán B. Russell (Human Rights & Advocacy Officer, Asia Pacific Transgender Network)
-Leigh Ann van der Merwe (Coordinator, S.H.E., Social, Health and Empowerment Feminist Collective of Transgender Women of Africa)
-Viviane Vergueiro (Project Coordinator, Akahatá Studies Group on Sexualities and Genders)
-Fritz von Klein (Trans* Coalition on post-soviet space)